LOL

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This isn't specific to Apple but the industry as a whole. We need to put to bed the old saw that electronics are expected to be buggy.

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Still, I think that the expanded feature set of a Gen2 product (which is what happens sometimes ) is always worth waiting for. If nothing else, you get a better idea of what you'll be missing with a Gen1 model (which would be cheaper by then).

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For example, there is the original iPod, then the 2G that got rid of the jog-dial, then the 3G with the ghost buttons, then the 4G known as the Click Wheel, etc. That's an example of generations.

Revisions are within generations. Usually, the first revision - rev1 - is buggy. Sometimes, it's dumb dumb stuff. For example, the rev1 MacBook (first-gen) had a packaging problems where the vent would be covered in nigh-invisible cellophane. It also had problems with the wrist area yellowing. And then there's the rev1 first-gen MacBook Pro - dubbed the MooBook.

One of the most notorious rev1 products is the launch-day XBox 360.

Rev1 problems are further exacerbated by people who rush to the store to pick up the product before it is reviewed. If sales waited for reviews - which would hopefully reference all the bugs - sales would theoretically drop until such time as rev1 hardware became more reliable.

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